tn EL RELA eer er pe en A GENERAL NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS ORGANIZED LABOR IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. OF Recognized and Endors- ed by More Than Fifty Local Unions and Cen- tral Bodies Over Cam- to Do Job Printing of All Kinds. Nothing Too Y.arge or Too Small We Cater Especially to Local Union, usa) Union. priming AN ATTAINMENT OF THE LARGEST GENERAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. Our Shop Is Equipped bria County and Ad- jacent Mining Areas. Union Press, Established May, 1935, Patton Courier, Established Oct., 1893. VOL. 45. NO. 33. CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AREA. THURSDAY, MAY 25. 1939 Spb SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEA COMMENCEMENT MARKS ANOTHER SCHOOL ENDING Senior Class of Patton High Gave Formal Program ia Lo- cal Theatre on Tuesday. Jith the theme, “Careers Ahead” as | its topic, and a pleasant and interest- I program as an achievement, the | ils of the senior class of the Patton eh School on Tuesday evening of , rounded out the fortieth an- encement of the institution, at the Grand theatre. County Super- I of Schecol, Dr. Arthur M. e the commencement address 5 8 AE and successful | ting c Is nisto commencement | the first] evening two “Careers Tuesday program } the theme, , as follows: parts, Ahead”, in| was in Wendell Row- announcer, II.—Scene: A public 1 . Librar- ara Westrick; t, Berna- Conrad; Repo r, Helen Evans; | ator, Paul Baranik; Forestier, John | bihilo; Air Conditioning Engineer, | Paul Sholtis. | III.—Scene: A dress shop. Proprie- | tres, Anna Mary Bortman; Designer, | Dorothy Turner; Models, Kathryn Bill- cleanor Biller, Rose Thomas and ne Sunseri; Customers, Emma Gresko, Florence Leary, Anna Pristas, and Anna Adams. IV.—A Street in Hollywood. Doc- tor, Michael Sottile; Nurse, Hazel Link, Properties Man for a Moving Picture , William Chirdon. Scene: A beauty shop. Beauty Beauty cuturists, Dorothy Tho- , Isabelle Linglet, Rita Viscovi. A One Act Play: “Yes Means Scene: The Office of Mr. Lawson: r. Lawson, an executive, Frank Coss- itor; Miss Collins, a secretary, Anna Shatr 7; Teddy, Lawson's son, Her- man Gill; Mr. Morgan, a business man, Melvin Gardner; Miss Merrill, Teddy's fiancee, Rita Hazenstaub. Song, “Can I Forget You,” by Senior Chorus. Part Two. | I—Milkmaids. Helen Grozanich, Al- ice George, Mildred Karlheim; Far- mers, Luke Davis, Michael O’'Donahue, Serenus Nagle. II.—Cowboys, Howard Healy, narrator; Singer, Thomas Reed; Donald Blick, Joseph Melko, Eugene Skurky, Ray- mond Schenk. III.—Singe | Jane Dunbar. i rink to Me Only With Thine | “Lo, How A Song Re | | the Muse of Music—Martha \Songs—*“Subian Folk | Song,” Eyes, “First Rate Opportunity.” IV.—Homemakers. Bride, Mae Wentz | Clair | Groom, John Sever; Best Man, Bender; Maid of Honor, Lauretta Boy- | le; Minister, Frank Kinkead. arrotor of the Measure of] Time, Rita O'Leary; Clock Repairman Louis Carretti; Clock Dancers, Jane Chirdon, Elsie Jones, Mary Resko, El- | enor Cihan, Marjorie Morrow, Kat. | leen Crowell, Ida Mae Merrill, Nellie | Wilkinson. VI.—Coach of High School Athletics, | George Tinnik; Members of the team, Louis Caretti, James Crowell, Ray- mond Kelly, Edward Link, Raymond Ryan, William Simpson, Glen Wert and | | Walter Squires. VII.—Spanish Dancers. Diana Cam- | , Lillian Finett, Eleanor Jones, Steir, Stanley Morchesky, Toseki, Frank Rounsley, Louis | rie Wende 11 Amon] ca, dio Announcer, God Bless SIX ARE ORDAINED |: PRIESTS AT ALTOONA | Six airians of St. Francis col- | lege, were ordained to the| piresthood at a pontifical mass cele- | brated by Most Rev. Bishop Richard | T. Guilfoyle at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sachament in Altoona Thurs- | day last. “WR Ordained for the Altoona diocese | were Revs. Joseph M. O'Toole, Altoo- | na ,and Thomas J. Shea, Portshester, | N. Y. The other four, Revs. Eugene J. | Estill, Springfield, Ills.; Daniel Eagan, Boston, Francis P. King, Ireland, and | Mark L. Santucci, Palmer, Mass., will | be assigned to various dioceses. | In a ceremony preparatory to the | priesthood three seminarians received | the tonsur order. They were Francis Gerney, Altoona, and Bernard McDon- | nell and Joseph Manik, for the Port- land, Ore., diocese. als and diplo- | t tendent of | Auxiliary tendered Mrs. | coming to | as temporary | meet June 8th at which { and Mrs. Harry C. Warner at their | and stole $30 from the cash drawer. | stand with his hands in the air as |SENATOR JOHN HALUSKA AGAIN | fdemorial Day Pr LOCAL L BURGESS Matter of WPA Help Help for Patton | Mine Fire Will Be Taken Up By Senator This Week. Senator John J. Haluska State ag-| ain is Burgess of Patton Borough. Members of Council at a special meeting on Saturday morning ed Senator Haluska to fill the unex- pirea term of Andrew Jacobs, who re- ned early last week to accept a po- in Philadelphia. Appointment of Senator as burgess came aiter a he council with Works Progr m tration Engineers and state mine officials regarding the fire burning in an abandoned mine in the borou sition Haluska meeting of Council hopes to be able to sponsor a WPA project whereby labor 1 be provided for extinguishing the which already has caused a cave-in on the Patton and Flannigan road. During the 1 it was found it would be 1 ary to have the iture of the legal documents that borough the certain proposed project could be presented to | WPA officials. Council unanimously se- lected Senator Haluska for the post he | originally held for a four year term. He was sworn in at 2 p. m. Saturday. Senator Haluska said that an emer- gency project will be drawn up by the that will local >A officials sufficient funds 30 feet deep in the vicinity of the ab- andoned mine. In this believed by officials that it can be de- termined how long the fire has been burning and to what extent the flames have spread. It is also thought that after the test | holes have been drilled officials will be | able to tell whether or not the homes and other buildings in that section of the borough are in danger. The state senator said the would be brought risburg on Tuesday evening of this week and that he would submit the proposition to WPA officials on Wed- | nesday morning. He said he will make every effort possible to have the pro- ject “cleared” at Harrisburg, and in Washington, D. C,, by the end of the week, He also said that if the test holes disclose a dangerous condition, a lar- ger project will be submitted to the WPA asking for assistance in a pro- gram to br the fire under control. MRS. MAE M. MOORE LEAVING SPANGLER AS HOSPITAL HEAD Mrs. Mae M. Moore, of the Miners’ hospital the past two years, has resignation effective June 1, and will leave at that time to become superin- the Franklin hospital at Franklin, Pa. Members of plans superintendent | at Spangler for the Spangler hospital well dinner at the Brandon hotel last week. The departing superintendent was presented a handsome white trav- eling bag and a pair of gloves. Mrs. Moore was lauded by spokes- men for the auxiliary for her services to the Spangler institution. A number | of major improvements have been re- corded at the hospital during her ten- { ure of office. In responding to the tri- | | bute, Mrs. Moore paid homage to the co-operation she w iliary during the time she served as superintendent of the institution. In going to Franklin Mrs. Moore | will enter to a larger field. Prior to | served in a trobe hospi- she 1gler supervisory ca tal. Previously in the Braddock At Frar Moore ill suec- ceed a Mis Ame >s who is retiring after ser 22 years uperintendent of | | the F 1klin hospital. No successor to Mrs. Moore has yet been named at the Miners’ hospital. Miss Ruth Cartwright, of Patton, who has been connected with the Spangler | hospital for several years, will serve superintendent. The ees of the hospital wil time a suc- board of trust cessor may be named. BANDITS LOOT STORE AT CRESSON RECENTLY Two masked bandits held up Mr. store in Cresson last Thursday night When the bandits entered the store, both wearing blue handkerchiefs on their faces, Mrs. Warner was alone. They held her at bay with revolvers. A short time later Mr. Warner also en- tered the store and he was forced to thugs looted the cash drawer. The ban- dits were described as young men and appoint- | Ad-! we, | — on | ask for | to drill 20 test holes, | manner it is| to his office in Har- | tendered her | Moore a fare- | given by the aux- | | ca, headed by President James Mark. 1 | ) | | Memorial Day and the period pre- [oot it, will be fittingly observed in | | Patton by both the members of Walter | dpecey Post, No. gion, and John White Post, No. 779, | Veterans of Foreign Wars, the auxil- aries of the service organizations, and the general public. Religious memorial services will be held this year in the SS. Peter and Paul Greek Catholic church, and will | be in charge of the Rev. Father Ste- phen Loya. The services will start at 7 o'clock on Sunday evening, May 28, and both the members of th Legion and the Foreign War Veterans will at- tend in a body. The general public, too, is invited to come. On Tuesday morning, May 30th, both organizations, will | meet at their club roms at 7:30 a. m., and will be joined by the school chil- dren in a memorial parade, which will veterans of 614, American Le- | t rir cs terminate on Magee avenue, and will | be addressed at 8:15 by the Rev. Thor- | hauer. Following this the usual visit o the cemeteries | ex-servicemen County Service at Sunset. | will be made by the | PATTON FOLKS | The annual American Legion Coun- | ty Council Memorial Service | held next Sunday afternoon at 2 o'- clock at Sunset Park, and indications i are that a large crowd of ex-service- men and wil be present from all parts of bria. Eighteen will par and the arrangements are ir the Carrolltown and S Posts. Princi spea {SH § H. posts pai hn Ww. high school CIO FORTIFIED BY RECENT GAINS IN i Coal Settlement, Textile Union’ Progress, Wagner Act Hear- ing Delays, Are Cited. Washington.—John L. Lewis's victory in the coal fields, supplemented by other re- | cent events, have measureably increas- (ed the prestige of the Congress of In- { austrial Organizations. | The United Mine Workers of Amer- *un- | | nion shop” ica, by holding fast, warded off at- | tacks from the operators, administered | a set-back to the American Federation | of Labor and kept its strength intact | for possible attacks from other direc- tions. The miners’ union has always had to guard its rear by preventing non-union steel companies from encroaching on | the mine organization by way of the Ls captive” mines maintained by the steel employers. To offset being enfil- aded in this way, the miners’ union | long believed it necessary to organize | Steet. and the plan has been successful in part. Had the miners lost the coal negotiations, some of the captive mines | mignt have been torn away from the | gwners who are union and the stragetic position in the | steel industry would have been affect- | ed. | But now the CIO is | progress in organizing the textile wor- Kers at a convention in Philadelphia, | has had what it also regards as a good | “break,” for it now appears likely that Congressional hearings on proposed get committee reports ready with re- commendations to congress before ad- journment. MINE OWNERS OF THIS DISTRICT AND UMWA IN SIG Harrisburg:—Unanimous among two central and southwestern | Pennsylvania Producers’ | and United Mine Workers terms of bituminous miners’ contracts was announced last Thursday night. | Charles O'Neill, president of the Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers’ Association, said his group and the Somerset County Coal Association der the leadership of William Miller, reached an agreement retaining term of the present contract with addition of a clause calling for the “union shop’ in their mines. The negotiators, working out detail- ed contracts based upon general ter: of the agreement reached in New Yor! for mines in the Appalachian district, | comprised the scale conditions of the | two producers’ groups and of District No. 2 United Mine Workers of Ame leaders on un- Commercial producers in the terri- tory, exclusive of steel company own- VARIOUS FIELDS ;| State Senate Bill Likely Faces A bituminous | reporting big | and even the southern workers had | their representatives there. On the Washington front, the CIO | amendments to the Wagner Labor Re- | lations Act may string out for such a | long time that it will be impossible to | iD AGREEMENT | agreement | sociations | ed mines—claim to employ about 50,- | 000 workers and fifty million tons of sofe coal an- nually. The territory involved Clearfield, Jefferson, Armstrong, diana, Centre, Lycoming, Tioga, Cam- bria, Elk, Huntingdon, Bedford and Somerset counties. includes | In- | TRAIN KILLS MAN and produce between 40 | | Murray of Patton, | | | EMPLOYMENTON A COMPULSORY BASIS IN RELIEF Certain Enactment by House | Before Week Ends, Harrisbu Mond y r ing persons on relief to 1 grants if municipal project C-~Pro- vided. The vote was 26 to 21. crat, Joseph P. Dando, votea Republicans. The measure, drafted by the major- ity, threw the senate into wide open debate. John H. Dent (Democrat of West- moreland) described the measure as “work Democrat or starve Democrat’ bill, “They'll pick work. They can say we won't send you to slave labor legislation,” His Democratic colleagues his words. Republican Floor Leader G. Mason Owlett retorted that the Legis out who is going to “vote right and work. This is Dent cried. should “be thinking of the poor hor working long from the dole.” lief bill before the legisia- | keep themselves | Owlet predicted the work r { would be enacted ture adjourned this week. The aouse. measure must go thro | | | i “The work relief bill is going thru, as Republican chiefs action on the remain. | Owlett asserted, | caled for prompt will be | i dition, | streets were laid. | 50-foot frontage was | amount to only echoed | | ing issues for adjournment sine die by | y. Governor belief that the legislature saying he would be glad to other business.” problems are piling The house is virtual- | the could quit by then, | to get “down The remaining | up in the senate. | ly finished. | The Pierson bills calls upon munic James expressed | | Senate for | pal authorities to employ relief recipi- | ents on local projects. Anyone refus- | ing to work would be thrown off re- would be returned to the project was lief. They | state rolls pleted. once a com- LLOYD IS E LEC TE D DPA BOARD HEAD AT INITL AL MEETING was elec C Overbergar: of Bar member of pre ved formerly. Board members no change in the co pointing out that the Department of Public well defined by of the Assistance is procedure law. Dr. John is a member new board. NANTYGLO P. R. R. DE Said by officers to have been tres- | passing on the railroad right-of-way, | Announce Engagement, | James Olives McCoy, 52, of Cardiff, Announcement of the betrothal of | was killed instantly when he was| the coming marriage of Miss Mary McCombie, Spangler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCombie, to Dr. Jo- seph W. Raymond of Johnstown, has been made. The wedding will take struck and run over by a ten car coal | train near the Pennsylvania railroad | station in Nanty-Glo early on Sunday | morning.. The deceased was a miner and had place on June 1st in Holy Cross Chur- lived alone in Cardiff for a number of | state and local police are investigating. ch, Spangler. years. Allen | of the | | TROOPS ASSIGNED NEAR | i parties OGrams CANEASILY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS STATE REASONS COMPENSATION ACT CONTINUE Local Chamber of Commerce in | Representativ es of Districts Nos. Urgent Appeal That WPA | Funds Be Utilized. | Chamber of Commerce, through the called to the fact that | the Works can material- The Paiton during the week, bution of handbills to the property owners rederal funds, through Progress Administration, them in the properties, if the ly assist pe ir take the sh it. The Chamber of CWS! Patton, Ple y steps to acco stributed by read as f Owners of 1 Ices Commerce “Property Notice!—Now is the time to look f ward to improvir Ir community and | the value of our Borough Through the vp A w avail- of our streets and sidewalks 1n1 distri- | attention | | Improvement of ne- | no- | | 4 + } that the net ef ans that these provements can n be realized at the lowest possible cost to operiy ywners As sidewalk The WPA labor free and you pay for the 1: rial either for a brand ne | used walk or for the ng and re The c« for example, W repairi of your old sidewalk entirely new sidew would be—For a 50-foot length, 4 feet wide, made of brick, $22.00; or made te, $24.00. 01 concer As regards our streets—Unimprov- be put into firs els can no SS conailtion w if property owners will cooper- te by helping to pay for the materials used for improving streets fronting on their lots., Remebre, all labor costs are borne by the Federal Government. This means, that in order to have unimproved eets put in good con- it can be done now for only a fraction of the costs the property own- ers had to bear at the time our paved Then the cost for a our $250.00 or rhore—now the cost would or $40:00 “So. let’s get together and act now, while WPA funds are available. After awhile it may be too late. WPA funds may not be available. Then we would all be sorry. “Notify the borough office that you ready to do your part. And do it at so that this work may be done summer. “Yours for walks. PATTON CHAMBER of COMMERCE” GOVERNOR SIGNS BEFORE--MARRI. AGE BLOOD TEST LAW better streets and side- James measure de- marriage of syphillis. A the — Governor law last week a prevent the with was recalled by minor amendments. Under the law, new applicants for marriage licenses will be compelled to shaw a physician's certificate that both are free of syphilitic infection or have the ase in a non communi- cable stage before the license can be issued. The law becomes efféctive on May 17, 1940. The companion bill, which probabs, will be sent back to the after it has Harrisburg ed into signed to persons infected companion bil sign governor for been amended, > of syphilis rs under 1gainst viole of $20 to $100 fine or 10 imprisonment. The bills were supported by the Pennsylvania Medical Society, the Federation of Women’s Clubs other organizations State and several PARTS FOR PEARY PAGEANT JUNE 18TH | Twenty-two troops in Admiral Ro- bert E. Peary Council, Boy Scouts of America, will assist in staging a pa- | geant on the life of Peary during the annual Scout pilgrimage to the monu- ment of the famous Arctic Explorer at Cresson on Sunday, June 18. Assignment of parts to the troops was made last week. Eleven scenes are included in the pageant, at which all scouts present will participate, All ! county troops are included. ith a surface of amo- | approximately | approximately $35.00! | themselves in their platfor 2 and 5 Plead to Committee and the Legislature. Energetically combatting any of the proposed changes in the Workmen's Compensation Act, as contemplated by the state legislati Compensation Adjustor John W. Stephenson, of Dis- trict No. 2, UMWA, and John Wusels, Adjustor of District No. 5, UMWA, on Monday filed the following brief with the members of the state committee on labor and industry, with all the members of bot of the legis- at Harri and 1ches lature It has been public 1 by Rep- resentative Harry IL W who ad- mits that he is the sole author and sponsor of House "Bi 11 1030 and 1401, would be to in- n benefits twenty level of the benefits crease compe per cent over the paid in 1934. We wis te with all the emphasis at p 1, that this is absolutely and demonstrably untrue. The actual benefit of these bills if they were enacted into law, uld be compet elow the els v 1234, and which were then condemned by both major political parties as in- adequate. This is the effect for the mn benefits 20 per workingmen of Pennsylve as a whole. The effect for mine in Dis- tricts Nos. 2 and 5 is far more drastic. In 19 the then Governor, appoint- mittee, headed by Dr. C. A. Kulp, professor of Insurance of the Un- iversity of Pennsylvania, to make a study of compensation costs in Penn- sylvania as compared with other tes. The unanimous report of this dis- tinguished committee show ol that Pennsylvania was then 33rd in liberal- ity of state compensation Yaw: iy in weekly payments for total disability; 40th in the maximum amounts paid to widows in fatal cases, and absolutely last in medical benefits. In 1934, in the gubernatorial cam- paign, both the Republican and Demo- cratic parties unequivocally pledged to liber- alize those compensation benefits. Both great parties united in condemning these benefits as inadequate. sta- In 1937 the coal operators stated that they were able and willing to pay compensation benefits 25 per cent greater than those of 1934. The effect of the Wilson Bills, as we shall demonstrate, is to slash com- pensation bene 20 per cent. What possible justification can there be for cutting compensation costs 20 per cent below those that were c emned as inadequate in 1934, and 45 per cent below what the t them- selves state they offer- coal op could pay and ed to pay in 19377? To pass such bills would be to ar- ragantly flaunt in the face of every workingman of Pennsylvania an utter indifference to his welfare during the time that he is most in need of pro- tection, when 5 own earning power and ability to care for himself and his family impaired or destroyed by an industrial accident. Let us look at the facts > bitum- of Distri X is Nos. 2 verage of $4.90 inous coal min and 5, earns an a day and works erage of 180 days a S stood in 1934 ensation for e) FORME R Eh LOYEES OF CONCERN UING FIGHT each of the cases ly declared bankrupt entire matter wi € xd i in the county | LABOR PARTY IS AIM OF STEEL WORKERS IN CONVENTION AT ERIE | Eri Doers es form 50 lodges of the Steel Worker Organizii ing Com- mittee (CIO) of a regio] convention on Sunday adopted resolutions pr posing a labor party for the n dorsing President Rqosevelt for a third term, and advocating the six hour day and thirty hour week with a minimum base pay of $1 hourly for steel work- ers. Other resolutions criticized Gov- ernor Arthur H. James and urged clo- ser harmony between labor's warring factions,
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